All composition, performance, vocals, and engineering by John except 7. HELP written by Lennon-McCartney; public domain vocal samples on 9. TELEPHONE and 12. RAIDERS. And yes, that is John channeling Jack N. on 10. RELATIVITY.

2. WHO

The silent storm that surrounds me will show through
When I try to rearrange
All the thoughts I've gathered through the years
They no longer ease the pain

Lies around me, distortion everywhere
The big screen tells me what to think
I can see you are drowning in your fear
I can see you're on the brink

WHO will chase this moment to it's end?
WHO will finish what's begun?
WHO will come forward as a friend?
Am I the only one?

A drunken feeling has arisen in my brain
A crowd of people stop and stare
They don't seem to know about the game
They don't even seem to care

WHO will chase this moment to it's end?
WHO will see what lies behind?
WHO's without a heart that needs to mend?
WHO has got a peaceful mind?

3. SAVE UP

You live alone, you're bound to be gettin old
You live alone, trying not to go cold
You're savin up all your love
Thinkin it's gonna grow
You live alone in your big old tank
You're bound to get old

Who are you? And what are you going through?
I feel the same, it's time to end this game
Savin up all your love
Thinkin it's gonna grow
You live alone in your big old tank
But nobody knows

You want more, that's what you're fighting for
You rearrange, but things don't seem to change
Savin up all your love
Thinkin it's gonna grow
You live alone in your big old tank
Where nobody goes

4. NEVER LIVE TWICE

I remember the time, when I was alone
I was high above, looking down below at the storm
I was ready to be born
There were pieces of me, flying in the air
Throughout centuries, everywhere I did go
It was the start of the show

I held my breath, and closed my eyes
It wasn't long til I realized I could fall
I had never believed it at all
I know there's a past that we can see
I know there's a future, endlessly yet somehow
They're all happening now

Come on, come on, come on save me
Why don't you want to want to save me
This is the end, you don't have to be here again
Come on, come on, come on save me
Why don't you want to want to save me
It's time for a ride, remember you never live twice

Let's dance together, knee to knee
Let's hold each other, breathlessly we will go
Riding the waves of the storm
We have come together, through all time
To touch the Earth, to seek and find, on our own
And then to go back home

Come on, come on, come on tell me
Why don't you want to want to tell me
Why are we here, and why is there danger so near
Come on, come on, come on tell me
Why don't you want to want to tell me
This is the end, you don't have to be here again

5. HOME

I was talking, to the old man
We met over tea.
I tried to understand, what he had learned
But he sat quietly.

He was covered, in an old coat
As he stared right through me.
What can we know now? What can we do now?
What good is talking philosophy?

Home, Home, Home

I changed my job now, I'm going solo
Got tired thinking of security.
I'm parachuting, it's a free-fall
Into unknown territory.

Associating, with foreign objects
Arranged by chance, that we can't see.
It's fascinating, to the unconscious
It reminds me of poetry.

6. GRAVITY

Where is my mind?
It's traveling in time
I can't think no more
I've gone through the door
What's happened to me?
I'm Gravity free
No longer believe
My eyes now can see Am

Where is your mind?
It's locked up in time
Trapped in a loop
Pursuing what's good
I'm circling in space
About to escape
Let everything be
Avoid Gravity

I listen to the voice
That comes in the dark
I listen to the words
That speak to my heart
I listen to the call
That only I can hear

Surrender to the light
It's part of the revival
Surrender to the dark
It means my survival
It's a way of
Getting past the fear

I'm floating in air
Rotating somewhere
Ripples of black
There's no turning back

Let everything be
Avoid Gravity
It's happened to me
I'm Gravity free

7. HELP (Lennon-McCartney)

When I was younger, so much younger than today
I never needed help in any way
But now those days are gone, I'm not so self-assured
I've changed my mind, I've opened up the door.

Help me if you can I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate your being round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please, please help me

And now my life has changed in oh so many ways
My independence seems to vanish in the haze
And every now and then I feel so insecure
I need you like I never have before

 

10. RELATIVITY

Relativity, and the discontinuance of Newtonian physics, applies to the inner, as well as the outer, world. A new, irrational process, it's laws and contents are unimaginable.

 


14. I HAD A DREAM

I Had A Dream
Such a crazy scene
It was makin me sad
I was feelin so bad
Do you know what I mean?

The world had turned upside down
People screaming out loud
Everyone was insane
Everyone was in pain
Nothing good could be found

But it was only a dream
It's not as bad as it seemed
Everything is all right
I gave myself such a fright
Thinking it could be real

But it was only a dream
Only a dream
Just a bad dream
It was only a dream

ALL SONGS except HELP © 2022 John Ruskan

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

   
   
     
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     
   
 
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